ars Technica
By Joe Brodkin
January 17, 2024
Fujitsu yesterday apologized for its role in the British Post Office scandal, acknowledging that its buggy accounting software contributed to the wrongful prosecutions of hundreds of postal employees.
“Fujitsu would like to apologize for our part in this appalling miscarriage of justice,” Paul Patterson, co-CEO of Fujitsu’s European division, said in a hearing held by the UK Parliament’s Business and Trade Committee. “We were involved from the very start. We did have bugs and errors in the system and we did help the Post Office in their prosecutions of the sub-postmasters. For that we are truly sorry.”
The committee hearing focused on possible compensation for victims of what has been called “the worst miscarriage of justice in British history.” Patterson said that Fujitsu has “a moral obligation” to contribute to the compensation for victims.